Whirlwind of Time

I'm well aware of the passage of time since my last post. I could easily list a plethora of excuses but, I'll stick to reality. Time has escaped me and the months it took to "recover" from my time in Kenya were many more than I expected. I should have blogged my feelings through those months, but for some reason I thought holding them in would prove a better method, but once again I was wrong. It shouldn't have been a big surprise to me, I'd been on a missions trip before. I know it takes months to process all that I saw, experienced, the disconnection from my "real life…" However, nothing from my previous trip could affect me as profoundly as Kenya did. Not long after my return, I became sick, which then began a new journey... one I haven't fully recovered from yet. I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called Celiac Disease. Basically, the treatment isn't as simple as a daily drug to take, rather it requires a complete overhaul of my diet MINUS GLUTEN!!!! Amongst this, my lifetime BFF, my "sister" was diagnosed with Stage 4 Breast Cancer. Now my life revolves around my daily life as a mother of two, wife, the many activities of two preteen/teen daughters, no gluten and cancer! The profound effect of cancer on my life will require a whole blogpost at a later time. For now I'll close this post with a commitment, to blog regularly, not for the sake of readership and how many followers I can get, but for myself and my girls. Not only is writing therapeutic, but its also a legacy for my daughters (for more on writing to my daughters, click on "my other blog" to read from another neglected blog).